Payroll
Deduction
Any amount removed from gross pay, whether statutory or voluntary.
A deduction is anything subtracted from gross pay to arrive at net pay. Statutory deductions (PAYE, pension, NHF) are required by law; voluntary deductions (loan repayments, cooperative savings, salary advances) are agreed with the employee.
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Help & how-to
See it in practice
The payroll run lifecycle, explained
Run, review, approve and lock, pay, remit, then roll over. The same flow every month.
Read the variance report
Compare this run to last period and catch a silently-wrong payroll before you approve.
Set up salary structures & pay elements
Define what people earn once, assign it in bulk, and override per employee where needed.
See it applied to real payroll
Vintage People applies these statutory rules on every run, with a full audit trail.